1,4-Bis(2-methylstyryl)benzene doped PMMA fibre for blue range fluorescent applications

Piotr Miluski; Marcin Kochanowicz; Jacek Zmojda; Dominik Dorosz

doi:10.1016/j.saa.2017.11.010

1,4-Bis(2-methylstyryl)benzene doped PMMA fibre for blue range fluorescent applications

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2018 Mar 5:192:88-92. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.11.010. Epub 2017 Nov 3.

Authors

Piotr Miluski¹, Marcin Kochanowicz², Jacek Zmojda², Dominik Dorosz³

Affiliations

¹ Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45D, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland. Electronic address: p.miluski@pb.edu.pl.
² Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45D, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland.
³ AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Av., 30-059 Krakow, Poland.

PMID: 29126013
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.11.010

Abstract

The fluorescent dyes allow new optical applications in polymer-based optical fibre technology. The article presents highly fluorescent 1,4-Bis(2-methylstyryl)benzene doped poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) fibre. The multi-peak (422, 450, 488nm) fluorescence spectrum of the bulk specimen under 355nm excitation is presented. The polymerization and fibre drawing process is also shown. The fluorescent properties vs. fibre length at excitation 405nm are investigated. Significant spectrum shape changes and red shift phenomena of individual peaks are presented using one end excitation and fibre cutting method measurements for fibre length 2-90cm. Obtained attenuation level 0.69dB/m limits useful fibre length but obtained results can be useful in new polymeric fibers applications (e.g. sensors, light sources).

Keywords: 1,4-Bis(2-methylstyryl)benzene; Fluorescence; Poly(methyl methacrylate); Polymeric optical fibre.